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Revit Beginners: In-place Cavity Walls

Revit Beginners

We used to complain that CAD drawings looked horrible and now that concept has nearly been forgotten. Many residential Architects out there will find this very useful. When, at first, we relied heavily on Revit's wall cleanup capabilities our contractors thought we were stupid cause we couldn't draw. Great work around.

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Revit Beginners: Sort by Submittal Package

Revit Beginners

We decided that we also wanted to be able to sort the sheets in our project browser (and our drawing lists) by Submittal Package. and check the category Drawing Sheets. Drawing List. Leave the name Drawing List. The Drawing List on our coversheet shows ALL the drawings from ALL the different packages.

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Revit Beginners: Utility Lines Workaround

Revit Beginners

This workaround involves drawing a repeating detail line (with imported text) on top of a simple detail line. Now draw a detail line in any view of your project. Draw your repeating detail over your new detail line as though tracing the detail line. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Subscribe To.

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Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Coordinates Icons

Revit Beginners

you can draw a simple building and link in a simple building (by shared coordinates) and move these two icons around a bit (clipped and unclipped) to see how the two models react or. We design traditional, high-end residential work. The new coordinate systems and icons have a lot of even the best users confused. Subscribe To.

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Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

To add to the complexity, the as-built drawings we had on file were not accurate to the true construction of the existing structure because the original architect had improvised the design during construction. We design traditional, high-end residential work. Subscribe To. David Duarte. I was introduced to Revit 4.5 Revit Jobs.

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Revit Beginners: Instant Section Box

Revit Beginners

While in plan view draw a floor plan callout. We design traditional, high-end residential work. This blog will highlight some of the common questions and cool tips found in the process of transitioning our office to Revit. Saturday, October 21, 2006. Instant Section Box. Go to any 3D view. Go to View. To Other View. Subscribe To.

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Revit Beginners: Often Overlooked By Beginners (Part 2)

Revit Beginners

If you are drawing a wall or a line there is a pallet of line shapes that you can draw (square, polygon, circle, arc, etc.) We design traditional, high-end residential work. A common thing for beginners, is to go right to the trim tool in search of a fillet option (because they are likely more familiar with AutoCAD). Revit Jobs.

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